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Someone please help!!

I need help! My boy is 6 months and I have tried everything!! Cup, bottle, straw, sippee cup, different types of bottles, syringe, but he won't drink out of anything but boob!! I nerd to go back to work and he still wants 4 bf a day!! I'm exasperated trying and fearing I won't be able to return to work!! :-/

There's bottles around now that look like boobs test wise! Also try different brand bottles some babies can be very fussy with brands and will only prefer one!
Or possibly try starting a feed on the breast but sliding the bottle in and still holding him in tight then gradually get further away from the boob, could be worth a try!

Is it you that's trying to give the bottles? I found my boy won't drink from a bottle for me, but he does with others - took a few goes but we got there. So, try getting somebody else to do it with you out of the house. Maybe even for the whole day - when he gets hungry enough, he'll eat. Their bellies over-rule their brains on this one - trust me! lol

Thank you. It is me trying to do it even with him in the high chair. I've tried my milk n formula. Right I'll try and leave him home and get him to eat with daddy. Its so hard, I've had 3 hours apart from him in 6 months!

my friends works at a centre and this is a common issue, she said all babies do eventually take a bottle. i go to work monday and the best i have done is 50mls. just talk to the centre, or persist on its hard but ya baby will get it

Try not to stress as they can sense it (i know easier said then done!) Do you see a nurse at your local chemist for weighing ect? The reason i ask is i had the same problem and the nurse pointed me in the right direction to get help, at a hospital close by to me (central coast) they have a family cottage so i went there for a half day and they helped me to get dd take a bottle and it worked :) if you want to pm me i can go into more detail of what they suggested.

Try bellamays organic formula you can get it from coles or wollies. Its by far the best formular tastes close to breast milk. If your expressing try adding a formular bottle to his feeds and get someone else to give it to him. Try tommy tippie bottles thay are shaped like a nipple. Also if your pregnant again your milk will gradually change and your baby will probably ween himself.

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